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| # | Answer | Player | Awards | Region | Grade | Celerity | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1964 | Arin Parsa |
| California | 8th | .567 | 17 |
| 2 | Daniel Webster | Arin Parsa |
| California | 8th | .770 | 20 |
| 3 | Nellie Bly | Arin Parsa |
| California | 8th | .533 | 16 |
| 4 | Cahokia Mounds | Arin Parsa |
| California | 8th | .263 | 13 |
| 5 | automobile industry | Arin Parsa |
| California | 8th | .526 | 16 |
| 6 | George B(rinton) McClellan | Arin Parsa |
| California | 8th | .587 | 17 |
| 7 | George S. Patton | Arin Parsa |
| California | 8th | .602 | 17 |
| 8 | Cotton Mather | Arin Parsa |
| California | 8th | .550 | 17 |
| 9 | Second Continental Congress | Abigail Lee |
 
| Virginia | 8th | .791 | 20 |
| 10 | Andrew Jackson | Arin Parsa |
| California | 8th | .731 | 19 |
| 11 | (Henry) Ross Perot | Arin Parsa |
| California | 8th | .790 | 20 |
| 12 | NAACP | Rohan Ramachandran |
| Tennessee | 8th | .527 | 16 |
| 13 | Father Charles (Edward) Coughlin | Arin Parsa |
| California | 8th | .169 | 12 |
| 14 | Iroquois League | Arin Parsa |
| California | 8th | .734 | 19 |
| 15 | Sonia (Maria) Sotomayor | Deven Hagen |
| Virginia | 8th | .376 | 14 |
| 16 | France | Abigail Lee |
| Virginia | 8th | .491 | 16 |
| 17 | Harpers Ferry | Rohan Ramachandran |
| Tennessee | 8th | .375 | 14 |
| 18 | Philippines | Charles Heydt |
| Georgia | 8th | .673 | 18 |
| 19 | Aaron Burr | Deven Hagen |
| Virginia | 8th | .899 | 20 |
| 20 | Los Angeles, California | Arin Parsa |
| California | 8th | .547 | 17 |
| 21 | gay people or LGBTQ people | Arin Parsa |
| California | 8th | .657 | 18 |
| 22 | John (Forbes) Kerry | Rohan Ramachandran |
| Tennessee | 8th | .236 | 13 |
| 23 | Sherman’s March to the Sea | Charles Heydt |
| Georgia | 8th | .624 | 18 |
| 24 | Nez Perce | Arin Parsa |
| California | 8th | .803 | 20 |
| 25 | War of 1812 | Deven Hagen |
| Virginia | 8th | .550 | 17 |
| 26 | Tennessee Valley Authority | Tate Osborne |
| Alabama | 8th | .290 | 13 |
| 27 | Margaret Sanger | Rohan Ramachandran |
| Tennessee | 8th | .549 | 17 |
| 28 | Miranda v. Arizona | Charles Heydt |
| Georgia | 8th | .332 | 14 |
| 29 | Stamp Act | Arin Parsa |
| California | 8th | .362 | 14 |
| 30 | Iran-Contra affair | Arin Parsa |
| California | 8th | .803 | 20 |
| 31 | Appomattox Court House | Rohan Ramachandran |
| Tennessee | 8th | .688 | 18 |
| 32 | Florida | Deven Hagen |
| Virginia | 8th | .344 | 14 |
| 33 | Susan B(rownell) Anthony | Rohan Ramachandran |
| Tennessee | 8th | .498 | 16 |
| 34 | Battle of Monmouth | Abigail Lee |
| Virginia | 8th | .667 | 18 |
| 35 | William Howard Taft | Arin Parsa |
| California | 8th | .589 | 17 |
| 36 | John Smith | Deven Hagen |
| Virginia | 8th | .422 | 15 |
| 37 | New York | Charles Heydt |
| Georgia | 8th | .662 | 18 |
| 38 | Battle of Iwo Jima | Tate Osborne |
| Alabama | 8th | .318 | 14 |
| 39 | New Mexico | Arin Parsa |
| California | 8th | .025 | 10 |
| 40 | Charles Sumner | Arin Parsa |
| California | 8th | .546 | 17 |
| 41 | Dwight D(avid) Eisenhower | Arin Parsa |
| California | 8th | .545 | 17 |
| 42 | Georgia | Rohan Ramachandran |
| Tennessee | 8th | .600 | 17 |
| 43 | Massachusetts Bay Colony | Rohan Ramachandran |
| Tennessee | 8th | .739 | 19 |
| 44 | chickens | Rohan Ramachandran |
| Tennessee | 8th | .439 | 15 |
| 45 | John (Thomas) Scopes | Arin Parsa |
| California | 8th | .345 | 14 |
| 46 | Secretary of the Treasury | Arin Parsa |
| California | 8th | .436 | 15 |
| 47 | AIDS crisis | Abigail Lee |
| Virginia | 8th | .474 | 16 |
| 48 | James Buchanan | Arin Parsa |
| California | 8th | .802 | 20 |
| 49 | Homestead Strike | Arin Parsa |
| California | 8th | .566 | 17 |
| 50 | 2020 | Abigail Lee |
| Virginia | 8th | .648 | 18 |
Celerity is the fraction of the question that had not been read at the time of a buzz (for which a correct answer was provided). 1.000 is an immediate buzz, .500 is an answer given halfway through the question in terms of time on the sound recording, and .000 is an answer given at the very end.